Cutter cover installation

A gutter cover installation for covering a roof eave gutter having an outer wall, an inner wall, and a bottom defining an open topped gutter space for receiving rainwater draining from the roof, said gutter adapted to be secured to a building by a bracket extending between said outer wall and inner gutter walls, said bracket having opposite ends secured to said gutter inner and outer walls respectively, said gutter cover extending over the open top of said gutter and including a generally planar main portion overlying said gutter and formed with openings allowing rainwater to pass through said gutter cover and into said gutter, an outer side of said cover engaged with the outer wall of said gutter to be supported thereby;

• said gutter cover also including an inner side adjacent said inner wall of said gutter formed with a channel defined by a first segment of said gutter cover angled downwardly beneath said gutter cover main portion and a return segment extending back up along said first segment to define said channel therebetween;
• the bottom of said downwardly extending segments engageable with said bracket to maintain said gutter cover inner side elevated above said bracket;
• an elastomeric strip inserted in said channel extending up and away from said cover main portion to be able to engage a surface fixed to said building and prevent rainwater from passing into said gutter space without passing through said gutter cover openings.